bug#23072: GuixSD SSD install hangs at clocksource

[myglc2]

Florian Paul Schmidt <address@hidden> writes:

> On 20.03.2016 20:56, myglc2 wrote:
>
>> - I did a near-identical install to a SSD (Kingston ssdnow300), see
>>   "c06system-ssd.scm.log". If installed on the 1st server this shows
>>   Guix welcome screen, loads the keyboard & mouse drivers, then hangs
>>   showing:
>> 
>>   "clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc"
>
> This is just a shot in the dark, but I use SSD systems, too, and I
> noticed that the first boot of a guixsd installation hangs for a while
> collecting entropy before displaying a corresponding message IIRC and I
> faintly remember the "switching to clocksource" message. Did you try
> banging the keyboard? Maybe that's not possible on a headless server
> though. Did you let it sit for a while?
>
> Flo
Thanks Flo. Can't test that theory at the moment.  But I do have a
display attached (which is how I saw the "clocksource..." message).

FWIW, in the HD install there is a prompt for keyboard input. It seems
like the SSD install hung before it reached that.  - George